My veteran SA and Canadians acchieved nothing today, and my tanks were almost all blown to bits. If a lucky 25pdr hadn't hit Rommel, the result would have been worse than the draw we got.

Pictures should follow.

The 88mm was rightly feared, you know!

I think it was in africa that they started using them on the carrizge as well?

My radio communications or officer initiative or something were hopeless. 13th Stellenbosch foot spent much of the game pinned down on the ridge, with every advantage (on paper) favouring them.

The dreaded 88 on the left. Note first - and very ineffectual - use of high-altitude air support in these games. Pinned a battalion of Jerries for five minutes. Their Stuka attack did no better, mind you.

Massed 8th Army guns. Should have moved the 6 pdr closer to the action, where they were needed.

Left flank; veteran 9th Vancouver battalion, with armour support, facing ordinary 28th Wolfensteinberghausen foot, and with a Canadian player leading the Afrika Korps (so should have gone easy on his countrymen), got shot to bits.

Quote from: petercooman on 03 November 2019, 10:46:59 AM
The 88mm was rightly feared, you know!

I think it was in africa that they started using them on the carrizge as well?

I think it was during the SCW.

Table really does look rather spiffy, Alexander !!

(When I first read the thread's title, I thought you were painting ginormous figures.  )

Cheers - Phil

88's were certainly used in a ground role in France in 1940, but I doubt they were used in Spain, there were no German ground troops there. The AP ammunition certainly existed before 1939 though - as it did for most weapons, for self defence reasons.

IanS

Quote from: Techno on 03 November 2019, 12:09:05 PM
Table really does look rather spiffy, Alexander !!

(When I first read the thread's title, I thought you were painting ginormous figures.  )

Cheers - Phil

I've given it a bit more light sandy colour. Looks better now.

Quote from: ianrs54 on 03 November 2019, 01:10:40 PM
88's were certainly used in a ground role in France in 1940, but I doubt they were used in Spain, there were no German ground troops there. The AP ammunition certainly existed before 1939 though - as it did for most weapons, for self defence reasons.

IanS

I've read somewhere the Condor Legion used some in an anti tank role.

Really nice looking table and cool fight, thanks for posting!

V/R,
Jack

Quote from: FierceKitty on 03 November 2019, 01:13:16 PM
I've given it a bit more light sandy colour. Looks better now.

"The German Condor Legion made extensive use of the 8.8 cm Flak 18 in the Spanish Civil War, where its usefulness as an anti-tank weapon and general artillery piece exceeded its role as an anti-aircraft gun." - Wikipedia

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